Cart'henian

Description

The natives of Cart'hen III are a hardy people, with the men standing on average 5'6" and weighting about 160 lbs. Females are on average 5'4" and weight about 130 lbs. They are covered in a very short course sandy fur, with double eye lids, one of which is transparent to protect the eye from intense light or flying sand.

They have the ability to store water within a special internal water storage organ, due to this they can on average go for as long as a week without needing to take a drink. They also have wide flat feet with 4 toes and hands with 3 long fingers and 1 thumb.

Those that still live in the deserts still wear long loose robes, usually tan or mixed light browns in color. These robes allow them to blend into their environment. Those that live in the cities wear a wide variety of styles.

Before the Klingon occupation they were a peaceful people and while it is unheard of for them to take any violent action against another native, regardless of tribe, they have been known to attack off worlder's. Those that have returned to the desert's have become excellent guerrilla fighters useing unpredictable, unconventional, deceitful and depriving combat tactics that use the environment to their best military benefit.

Religion

Water is life, especially to the Cart'hen. For them it is represented by Uh'tir, a god that is both male and female. As the embodiment of life and water, the two being intermingled not just in their beliefs but also in reality, Uh'tir is the giver of all. They have no priests, nor any need for any. Each day at sun up they voice a prayer, giving thanks for another day of water, another day of life

History

Prior to the Klingon occupation of their homeworld they were a peaceful nomadic people. Their population had been slowly decreaseing as the water supply became increaseingly more scarce. It had dropped to about 300,000 at the time of the Klingon occupation in 2193 and continued to drop more rapidly after that. Now the on world population is finally on the rise with 45,000 now living on the home world.

After the Klingons left in 2368 and released the natives of Cart'hen III a large number of them took to the stars looking for a new home. They paid for their passage aboard freighters with gems dug from the mines of their home world.